Gardaí appeal for information after woman was set on fire outside her Clondalkin home 

The injured woman, aged 43, remains in a critical condition

Gardaí at the scene where a woman was set on fire. It is suspected that the attack is linked to a drug debt and to a south-west Dublin gang operating in the Clondalkin and Ballyfermot areas. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A manhunt is underway for an assailant who doused a woman in petrol at her home and set her alight.

The woman remains in a critical condition in hospital after the attack which occurred shortly after 10am on Tuesday at a suburban home in Oak Downs, off Boot Road in Clondalkin.